Drawing with Substance – Saher Miari

A conversation with the artist and a painting workshop with putty on plywood.

Saher Miari acquired his BFA from the Faculty of Arts, Hamidrasha at Beit Berl Academic College, and his MFA from the University of Haifa. He is a lecturer at the Faculty of Arts, Hamidrasha, and initiates artistic projects in Arab communities in the north of Israel. Miari’s work focuses on issues that concern him as an artist-builder, such as home and masonry, construction and destruction, dismantling and assembly, wandering and migration, interior and exterior, as well as harsh working conditions referred to as “black labor.” His works reflect the identity and complexity of the Palestinian Arab society living in Israel, as well as his own identity. Through his art he expresses his worldview and criticizes the local reality, aspiring to change and build a new reality based on a stable and reliable foundation. Miari’s work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Israel.